3 Houses. 3 Questions. House on Purje Street

Madli Kaljuste asked three questions regarding three private houses in the Baltics from their architects. Ülo-Tarmo Stöör from ÖÖ-ÖÖ Architects HOUSE ON PURJE STREET Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Architecture: ÖÖ-ÖÖ Arhitektid (Ülo-Tarmo Stöör, Lembit-Kaur Stöör, Silver Liiberg) Interior Architecture: Mari-Liis Süld
Structural Engineer: EstKONSULT (Heiki Meos, Andres Käes)
Client: eraklient
Contractors: Mõttegrupp (Urmas Kaasik)
Concrete works: PR Betoon (Peep Roosmann, Mihkel

3 Houses. 3 Questions. House 61

Madli Kaljuste asked three questions regarding three private houses in the Baltics from their architects. Manten Devriendt and Liene Jākobsone from Sampling HOUSE 61 Location: Jūrmala, LatviaArchitecture: Sampling
Structural engineer: SDG, Bollinger+Grohmann Ingenieure Client: private clientNet area: 280 m2
Project: 2018
Completed: 2020 1 The decision to use concrete was made after discussing various options with the client.

3 Houses. 3 questions. House in Naujoji Vilnia

Madli Kaljuste asked three questions regarding three private houses in the Baltics from their architects. How did the final decision to use concrete in this particular house come about? Were there any alternatives on the table during the process? Could you explain the special role of concrete in this project? Were there any particular details,

Metal Fox in a Concrete Block

Šiauliai is a strange city. In the feature film Pietinia Kronikas (The Southern Chronicles), which is currently showing in cinemas in all three Baltic countries and nostalgically delves into the exoticism of the 1990s, there is a scene where an artist carries a bag containing a human head obtained from a morgue. The scene is

Concrete Paradox

Concrete is durable but resource-intensive. Therefore, in the context of climate crisis and resource depletion, we must make sure we use it in an informed and responsible way, writes Kadri-Ann Kertsmik.